Astropad'south 'Projection Blue' Beta Turns an iPad Into a Drawing Tablet for a PC

Astropad today announced the launch of "Project Blue," a new public beta initiative that introduces cross-platform support for connecting an iPad to a PC. With the beta, ‌iPad‌ artists can utilise an ‌iPad‌ as a wireless cartoon tablet for a PC by mirroring their Windows desktop to their iPads.

Prior to today, the Astropad software could plough an ‌iPad‌ into a drawing device able to be used with a Mac, just the functionality is now available for ‌iPad‌ owners who want to use a PC instead of a Mac.

Project Blueish is optimized for drawing with the Apple Pencil, and the ‌iPad‌'s bear on gestures can be customized to admission tools and shortcuts in Windows apps. An ‌iPad‌ tin be paired with a Windows PC over WiFi or using a USB connexion.

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Project Blue requires a PC laptop or desktop running Windows 10 64-scrap build 1809 or afterwards and an ‌iPad‌ running iOS 9.i or later.

For the time existence, Project Blue is available for gratis, and afterward this year, information technology volition be folded into the total suite of Astropad products. Those who want to test out Project Bluish can sign upward on Astropad's website.

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